Tynemouth, Black Middens, John (Mary)

HER Number:
14171

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Black Middens, John (Mary)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1814 wreck of English brig which stranded on the Black Middens on entering Shields, bound from Helgoland to Kingston-upon-Hull with butter, cheese and bacon; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Stafford

Easting:
37

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3768

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
(1) Tyne Mercury 18-JAN-1814, No.608 Page(s)3 (2) Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 18-JAN-1814, No.4838 (3) Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF) (4) Newcastle Courant 15-JAN-1814, No.7162 Page(s)1 (5) National Monuments Record (1400806)